mulat

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mul +‎ -at. The sense of "person of mixed race" is a semantic loan from Spanish mulato.

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Noun[edit]

mulat m (plural mulats)

  1. young mule

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Noun[edit]

mulat m (plural mulats, feminine mulata)

  1. mulatto

Adjective[edit]

mulat (feminine mulata, masculine plural mulats, feminine plural mulates)

  1. mulatto

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Czech[edit]

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mulat m anim

  1. mulatto

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish mulato or Portuguese mulato, from Latin mūlus (mule).

Noun[edit]

mulat c (singular definite mulatten, plural indefinite mulatter)

  1. mulatto

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish mulato or Portuguese mulato, from Latin mūlus (mule). Etymologically related to Dutch muil (mule), muildier (mule).

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  • (file)

Noun[edit]

mulat m (plural mulatten, diminutive mulatje n, feminine mulattin)

  1. (derogatory, dated) mulatto
    Synonyms: halfbloed, dubbelbloed

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

múlik (to pass) +‎ -at (causative suffix), literally “to make or let (time) pass by”. (Its literal counterpart also exists, see múlat with a long ú.)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmulɒt]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧lat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb[edit]

mulat

  1. (intransitive, literary) to have fun, to be amused, to enjoy oneself
    • 1863, János Arany, Buda halála (The Death of King Buda),[1] canto 6, translation by Watson Kirkconnell, Anton N. Nyerges and Ádám Makkai (Q674247) (In Quest of the ’Miracle Stag’, The Poetry of Hungary, 2000):
      Tündér lyányok ottan laknak, / Táncot ropnak, úgy mulatnak. / Szőve ködbül sátoruk van: / Ugy mulatnak sátorukban.
      There fairy maidens did subsist / and danced with joy in elfin measure; / housed in a tent of woven mist, / they passed their nights in tuneful pleasure.
  2. (intransitive, literary) to be amused at/by, laugh at (someone or something: -n/-on/-en/-ön)

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Further reading[edit]

  • mulat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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mulat

  1. supine of mula

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Central Philippine *muklat (“to open eyes”). Compare Ilocano buragat (eyes opened wide) / mulagat (wide-eyed), Kapampangan mulikat (open one's eyes), Kapampangan mulat (open the eyes), Asi mukyat (to open eyes), Masbatenyo muklat (open the eyes), Bikol Central buklat (opening one's eyes), Aklanon mukeat (to realize), Cebuano buklat (for the eyes to open), Hiligaynon muklat (to open the eyes), Maranao borarat (open eyes wide), Tausug bulat (eyes open), and Javanese ꦩꦸꦭꦠ꧀ (mulat, to look at; to see).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmulat/, [ˈmu.lɐt] (noun)

  • IPA(key): /muˈlat/, [mʊˈlat] (adjective)
  • Hyphenation: mu‧lat

Noun[edit]

mulat (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜆ᜔)

  1. act of opening the eyes
    Synonyms: dilat, (obsolete) hilat
  2. (figuratively) act of enlightening or educating someone
    Synonym: pagturo
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Adjective[edit]

mulát (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜆ᜔)

  1. open (of the eyes)
    Synonyms: dilat, (obsolete) dulak
  2. (figurative) enlightened; educated; trained; conscious; awakened
    Synonyms: sanay, gising, pinalaki, tinuruan, sanay, pinasuso

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmulat/, [ˈmu.lɐt]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧lat

Noun[edit]

mulat (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. act of owning something to be one's property
    Synonyms: ari, sarili, angkin
    Aking mumulat-mulat, at kinuha mo.
    Something of my own, and you took it.
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